Mandatory minimum upheld

25-year sentence in teacher/student sex case stands, says COA

The Michigan Court of Appeals upheld the mandatory minimum 25-year sentence of a female teacher convicted of having sex with a 12-year-old male student.
The case may have been the first constitutional challenge of the mandatory minimum for first-degree criminal sexual conduct (CSC) against a victim younger than 13 years old, said Genesee County assistant prosecutor ...